Air Force recruits went through basic training without any exposure to planes. Now, boot camp will revolve around them.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly arrived Air Force recruits get instructions from Tech. Sgt. Kaleb Schmidt, left, at San Antonio's Lackland Air Force Base in ...

U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training trainees stand at attention in front of a military training instructor (MTI) during the Coin and Retreat Ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S ...

A worsening flu outbreak among recruits attending basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, began earlier this month while an Air Force request to reinstate a mandatory flu shot ...

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Officials anticipated a problem soon after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lifted the vaccine requirement in April. By Greg Jaffe Reporting from Washington On May 5, several weeks before a major flu ...

The Air Force is reshaping basic training around aircraft, small teams and simulated airfields as it prepares airmen for a different kind of war. The Air Force is reshaping basic training around ...

June 19 (UPI) --A major outbreak of flu has hit Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, less than two months after Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth dropped the requirement for flu vaccines. The disease has ...

The reversal comes as cases climb at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio in Texas, and the Air Force's main basic training hub. The case count reached 275 as o ...

The outbreak among trainees comes two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the annual flu shot optional for U.S. military personnel.